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Olympics viewer’s guide for Tuesday, July 30: Simone Biles leads U.S. in gymnastics finalVideo
Simone Biles leads the U.S. women into the gymnastics team final as part of an action-packed slate Tuesday at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Here is a guide of what to look out for: Biles in gymnastics team final despite injury The 27-year-old Biles is in the lineup to compete in...
Canada’s Summer McIntosh wins gold in 400-meter IM for 2nd medal of OlympicsVideo
NANTERRE, France — Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh claimed the first gold medal of her just-burgeoning career Monday night with a dominating victory in the 400-meter individual medley at the Paris Olympics. The 17-year-old McIntosh collected her first medal of any color on the opening night of swimming, taking a silver...
Coco Gauff maintains perfect record at Paris Olympics despite imperfect playVideo
PARIS — Coco Gauff is making it look easy at the Paris Olympics so far, adding a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Maria Lourdes Carle of Argentina in the second round of singles Monday to her growing collection of lopsided results. So what if Gauff had more than twice as many...
Opening ceremony tableau sparks Olympic flame of controversy
The opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games included many elements of French culture, from musical performances to sports stars. But one particular moment has elicited a firestorm of controversy. Among the performances was a scene set on the Debilly Bridge over the River Seine that included drag queens,...
Japan surges past China for Olympics men’s gymnastics team gold; Americans end drought with bronze
PARIS — Japan surged past its longtime rival China to win gold in the Paris Olympics men’s gymnastics competition Monday, and the Americans earned bronze for their first medal since 2008. It was Japan’s eighth team gold and first since Rio de Janeiro in 2016. The Japanese overtook their rivals...
Novak Djokovic beats rival Rafael Nadal in 2nd round at Paris Olympics
PARIS — Novak Djokovic dominated rival Rafael Nadal at the start, then held off a comeback attempt to win 6-1, 6-4 at the Paris Olympics in the second round Monday, the 60th — and likely last — head-to-head matchup between the two tennis greats. Djokovic claimed 10 of the initial...
Refugee athletes want more of them to compete at the Olympics as migration takes global focus
PARIS — The first time Perina Lokure Nakang began to run for sport, she ran 9 miles (14 kilometers) along the road near her refugee camp in northwestern Kenya. Now, the 21-year-old South Sudanese runner is competing in the Paris Olympics, among many of the 37 athletes on the Olympic...
Triathlon cancels Olympic swim training for the 2nd day over poor water quality in the SeineVideo
PARIS — Concerns about the water quality in the Seine River led officials to call off the swimming portion of an Olympic triathlon training session for a second straight day Monday. Organizers overseeing the event at the Paris Games are optimistic that triathletes will be able to swim in the...
U.S. women’s saber fencers lose Olympic bouts overshadowed by a match-fixing investigation
PARIS — All three U.S. women’s saber fencers lost their opening bouts at the Paris Olympics on Monday under the cloud of an investigation that examined possible match-fixing in qualifying for the Games. Tatiana Nazlymov was competing a month after she testified in a 13-hour arbitration hearing in which two...
Central Catholic grad Michael Grady advances to rowing finals with Team USA at Paris Olympics
Central Catholic grad Michael Grady and his U.S. rowing teammates earned a first-place finish in their heat Sunday at the Paris Olympics to secure a spot in the finals in the Men’s Four on Aug. 1. Grady, who is competing in the Olympics for the second time alongside Justin Best,...
US women beat Germany 4-1 at Olympics and Canada tops France 2-1 amid drone-spying scandalVideo
MARSEILLE, France — Sophia Smith scored a pair of goals to help the United States beat Germany, 4-1, and advance to the quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics on Sunday night. Mallory Swanson and Lynn Williams also scored for the Americans, who defeated Zambia, 3-0, in the opener. The Americans are...
Vive la France! Léon Marchand fulfills the hopes of his nation with a swimming gold in 400 IMVideo
NANTERRE, France — Leon Marchand carried the comparisons to Michael Phelps and the hopes of a nation on his broad shoulders. The 22-year-old Frenchman handled it all with ease, setting himself up to be one of the biggest stars of the Paris Olympics. With a flag-waving crowd cheering his every...
Full-time engineer Nic Fink relishes the first Olympic medal of his late-blooming career
NANTERRE, France — For Nic Fink, this was a long time coming. Which only made it sweeter. The 31-year-old swimmer, who splits time at the pool with a full-time engineering job, claimed the first Olympic medal of his late-blooming career Sunday night. Fink tied for the silver medal in the...
A complete list of Paris Olympics medal winners: Sunday, July 28Video
PARIS — The 2024 Olympics are underway. Australia led the medal standings after the first day of competition, but more winners will join the list every day from July 27-Aug. 11. See which countries lead the medal count. Below is a list of all the medal winners, day by day....
Female Olympians hit the fashion runway in Paris to celebrate hard-won gender parity
PARIS — It may be too early to call these Paris Olympics the Fashion Olympics. But, in the city widely considered the capital of fashion, the word “fashion” has surely been mentioned so far more by now than in any other Games. And so it made sense to Angela Ruggiero,...
U.S. men’s basketball team rolls past Serbia, 110-84, in opening game at the Paris Olympics
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — LeBron James made his Olympic return after a 12-year absence. Kevin Durant played for the first time this summer. And the two most-experienced Olympians on this U.S. team opened the Paris Games — not to mention a bid for a fifth consecutive gold medal for the Americans...
All he does is win gold medals: Caeleb Dressel captures 8th gold as anchor of U.S. relay team
NANTERRE, France — Caeleb Dressel touched the wall and shouted in triumph. He threw his fists to the air and high-fived U.S. fans during a victory lap. Then, finally, he found his family and gave his wife and baby boy celebratory hugs and kisses. Dressel only knows the top of...
Olympics pre-race triathlon event in Seine River canceled over water quality concerns
PARIS — A 2024 Olympics pre-race triathlon event planned for Paris’ Seine River was canceled Sunday as concerns persist over water quality. Organizers said they nixed the swimming leg of the triathlon familiarization scheduled for Sunday after a meeting about water quality among authorities tasked with carrying out tests. That...
Simone Biles shakes off calf injury to dominate during Olympic gymnastics qualifying
PARIS — The similarities were striking. Maybe fitting in the birthplace of déjà vu. Simone Biles sitting off to the side at the Olympics. USA Gymnastics team doctor Marcia Faustin by her side. A look of concern on both their faces. Three years ago in Tokyo, the scene ended with...
Canada tops Giannis and Greece on Day 1. Wemby and France also win, as do Germany and AustraliaVideo
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — Canada was tested, then held on to get its first Olympic win in 24 years. RJ Barrett scored 23 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 21 and Canada survived a big effort from Giannis Antetokounmpo to beat Greece, 86-79, in the Paris Olympics opener for both teams in Group...
US stays alive with 4-1 win over New Zealand in Olympic men’s soccer. Ukraine beats MoroccoVideo
MARSEILLE, France — Djordje Mihailovic converted a penalty as the United States pounced early in a 4-1 victory over New Zealand on Saturday to stave off possible elimination at the Olympics. A loss in Marseille could have ended the Americans’ chance to advance to the knockout round. The U.S. had...
Terminated again: Titmus hands Ledecky another Olympic defeat, claiming gold in the 400 freeVideo
NANTERRE, France — It was billed as one of the most anticipated races of the Paris Olympics. Ariarne Titmus turned it into a blowout. Titmus left Katie Ledecky in her wake at La Defense Arena, leading from start to finish to win the 400-meter freestyle Saturday night. Titmus, the Australian...
Drone-spying scandal: FIFA strips Canada of 6 points in Olympic women’s soccer, bans coaches 1 yearVideo
PARIS — FIFA docked six points from Canada in the Paris Olympics women’s soccer tournament and banned three coaches for one year each Saturday in a drone-spying scandal. The stunning swath of punishments include a $226,000 fine for the Canadian soccer federation in a case that has spiraled at the...
A complete list of Paris Olympics medal winnersVideo
PARIS — The 2024 Olympics are underway. The first gold medal of the Paris Games went to China, but more winners will join the list every day from July 27-Aug. 11. See which countries lead the medal count. Below is a list of all the medal winners, day by day....
Swiatek, Alcaraz and Djokovic start the Olympics with wins at the French Open’s site. Osaka losesVideo
PARIS — Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz got the Paris Olympics tennis competition started with first-round victories Saturday under closed roofs at Roland Garros, the site of their French Open titles less than two months ago. Novak Djokovic also won in straight sets as he, like Swiatek and Alcaraz, opened...
